Jack Wilshere's fears of losing England place are allayed

JACK WILSHERE has been reassured his England place should be safe from the threat of Ravel Morrison’s emergence – by the West Ham starlet’s own manager.

PUBLISHED: 02:01, Fri, Nov 22, 2013

Jack Wilshere has been worried he could lose his place to Ravel Morrison [GETTY]

Wilshere had spoken of his fears of missing out on the final 23 as the battle for a place in the Arsenal side could restrict his club football and even cited Under-21 international Morrison as a possible candidate to replace him.

But Hammers boss Sam Allardyce said: “It is a long time between now and the World Cup squad being picked so Ravel is going to have to continue his improvement to have any chance.

It is a long time between now and the World Cup squad being picked so Ravel is going to have to continue his improvement to have any chance

Sam Allardyce, West Ham manager

And Jack Wilshere has got that final pass, that little bit of creativity, that little bit of being able to break down the defence all day long.”

Meanwhile, Theo Walcott is set for his first Arsenal appearance for more than two months on Saturday after recovering from an abdominal injury.

The England forward is in the squad to face his former club Southampton. Manager Arsene Wenger said: “He is completely fit again.”